A billboard’s message and one from Psalms

Atheists and others who do not see the world from a religious, god-based perspective are at a great disadvantage. It has become wholly inappropriate and virtually taboo to question the existence of God, to the extent that many of us do not speak our minds for fear of damaging friendships or perhaps hurting job, business or career prospects. Apparently, everyone can agree that the Chianti was great, mass transit is a mess or that we need to cure cancer, but don’t dare ask someone of faith to explain why they believe prayer works, a virgin could possibly have given birth or why a religion is somehow required for a human being to develop an appropriate moral and ethical compass.

It was nice to read that Bob Siegel of Skyline Church did not find the billboard offensive, but his contention that there exists a double standard from atheists because “they can put up a sign like that, but during Christmas, if a manger goes on public land, they act like their civil liberties are being taken away” is preposterous. The sign on Interstate 8 sits on a billboard planted on private property, for which the San Diego Coalition of Reason or their membership paid $6,200. Should Mr. Siegel desire to find a glaring example of a double standard, one in fact perpetrated cooperatively between one religion and government, he need only look at the Mount Soledad cross.